My parents are forcing me to claim universal credit

If the OP's parents were in your situation, I would agree with them trying to get the OP to claim benefits.

Agree with your son wanting to take time to deal with job application and job interviews. I've done my rounds of apply for jobs and it is exhausting especially when you get a lot of rejections and have to force yourself to keep trying.

Are your parents forcing you to claim so they can sponge off you?

If yes, time to find your own place and move out.

What?? His parents are PERFECTLY entitled to expect their grown child to contribute to his keep. If he doesn't contribute it is he who is sponging off of his parents!

Do people learn to read before they post??

The parents are sponging off the OP. As others have pointed out 6 hours pay is not enough to live on never mind hand over to parents who are too lazy to get off their own aa** to work. Also the OP is spending a lot of time doing job applications, attending interviews, etc (do read OP's post). If you've ever had to apply for jobs (clearly not in your case) you'd know how much time this all takes.

Why do you think parents should pay rent, food and bills for their adult child?
How can you not see that as spongey?

Making someone claim so they can pocket THEIR benefit is not spongey at all then?. Trying to take some dude's 6 hours' worth of wages is not spongey? What's the dude going use for those job applications, interview clothes and getting to the interviews then? If the parents are that tight, they can save money by using a condom and not have kids.

If their kid is earning a decent wage (even if they got a job at Tesco's) then he should pay for food bills etc.

If I was the OP, I'd go and and apply for the money, and when they interview me I'll tell them i'm applying because my folks want the money and are threatening me.

Let's get the Police involved and see who's sponging.

Making someone claim so they can pocket THEIR benefit is not spongey at all then?. Trying to take some dude's 6 hours' worth of wages is not spongey? What's the dude going use for those job applications, interview clothes and getting to the interviews then? If the parents are that tight, they can save money by using a condom and not have kids.

If their kid is earning a decent wage (even if they got a job at Tesco's) then he should pay for food bills etc.

If I was the OP, I'd go and and apply for the money, and when they interview me I'll tell them i'm applying because my folks want the money and are threatening me.

Let's get the Police involved and see who's sponging.

Someone who is not in education and doing nothing else should contribute. He is not a child. They are not required to feed, house, clothe, warm him anymore. Perhaps they should throw him out instead?
He believes that it is fine to work six hours as it meets his needs. Well it doesn't does it?

Give the poor guy a break, he's just finished a-levels and is doing his best to find a job. I completely understand the people saying he should claim what he is entitled to and by no means do I agree with people saying his parents are sponging off his benefit or whatever... but the people with the mentality of "once you're 18 I don't give a ****" really shouldn't be allowed to have kids IMO.

Deciding to have children is something which will have an effect on your life for years beyond 18. Of course he should aim to become financially independent, and be expected to be trying to achieve this, but christ you are a cold person if you don't even feel anything for your offspring once they reach 18. 18 is defined as an adult in legal terms, but lets be realistic, it's the hardest time of your life and having supportive parents should not have some kind of time limit placed on it. As I say, those are the people who I really wish didn't procreate at all.

But unfortunately being able to support your adult children is a privilege that only few families can afford, especially if they have younger siblings who would benefit from the money. For many families, when their adult child leaves education it causes some hardship as they are no longer entitled to child benefit/ tax credits.

So they are receiving less support but are still expected to provide their child the same amount of support. In this context the adult child should take responsibility and provide support to the family.

I find that those who don't agree that adult children should support their families are quite distant from those families which struggle to get by. Most parents don't like having their children pay towards their keep, but it's simply the reality of the situation.

So say you're renting a house with a friend. Your friend works 6 hours, and so you pay for his bills, his food, and his rent. You carry his financial burden.

Your friend as a job seeker, is perfectly entitled to receive financial support from the government whilst he finds work. This could mean that you carry a slightly lesser burden.
For reasons regarding a mixture of laziness and pride, your friend refuses to obtain that free money, meaning you unnecessarily carry a higher financial burden for your friend.

You think that's perfectly reasonable?